What is Ceres AI?
Ceres AI (formerly Ceres Imaging) provides aerial multispectral and thermal imagery captured from fixed-wing aircraft. The service delivers plant-level stress, disease, and nutrient detection for orchards, vineyards, and specialty crops. According to Ceres, the platform can identify issues 2-3 weeks before they are visible to the human eye.
How the imagery is captured
Ceres uses custom-built camera units mounted on fixed-wing aircraft, not drones. Flights occur during a four-hour window centered on solar noon to ensure consistent lighting. The imagery resolution ranges from 0.2 – 1 metre per pixel, capturing up to six wavelength ranges simultaneously. After a first-time flyover, Ceres typically returns processed insights within 24 – 72 hours.
What it measures
The platform generates a suite of analytics, including:
- Cumulative Stress Index – plant-level stress mapping.
- Water Demand Maps – irrigation recommendations.
- Variable-Rate Application zones – optimized input placement.
- Crop inventories – tree counts, crop type breakdowns, and vigor assessments.
These analytics integrate with farm-management systems via API access.
Who it is for
Ceres AI serves both growers and larger agribusiness stakeholders. The service is marketed to orchards, vineyards, and specialty-crop farms, as well as agribusinesses, insurers, lenders, and sustainability programmes that need detailed crop-level data for risk assessment and financing decisions.
What it costs and how to start
Pricing is not published. Prospects must request a consultation, after which Ceres provides a custom quote. All plans include agronomic support, flexible tasking (e.g., capture within 48 hours of a damage event), and rapid delivery of insights.
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Features
FAQ
How much does it cost?
Ceres does not publish prices. Imagery is planned around your fields and how often you want it flown, so expect a consultation and a custom quote.
How is the imagery captured?
Custom multispectral and thermal cameras are flown on planes over your orchards, vineyards, or specialty crops, giving high-resolution imagery that is not blocked by cloud cover.
What crops does it cover?
It is built for orchards, vineyards, and specialty crops, with over 40 crop types covered.
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